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Jul. 2nd, 2012 06:49 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tibia_modI decided a while ago that this would be the summer I set up a terrarium and got some lizards. I've kind of fallen in love with green anoles. They're small,cheap, and fairly hands-off. I've wanted lizards most of my life, and I'd like to own more exotic lizards, but I wanted to start with anoles. I also decided I absolutely wanted a live-plant terrarium, so I got a few plants. Thumbnails link to full-size pics.
From left to right, there's a shoot from my rubber tree plant, a coleus, and something that was labeled "Green Plant" at the grocery store. I believe it might be a philodendron? I'm not sure. In any case, I put it in the party cup temporarily so the roots could spread out a bit.
I picked up a 20 gallon tall tank, and put down about a two-inch layer of glass beads and clay planting balls to form an underground water source. There's a small pump in the far right corner that I planned on turning into a waterfall. In the foreground is a potted ivy I picked up.
Here's the bottom after I laid down a layer of screen, then a bag of soil mixed with vermiculite. It should hold water better than plain soil. It's also really obvious where the pump is buried.
Now I've got the plants in place, and tossed a chunk of mopani wood in front of the fountain. I wanted the plumbing and cord concealed better, however.
I spent about four hours gluing together rocks to form a really nice little waterfall that'd sit in the corner of the tank. Unfortunately, it fell apart right after I turned the water on. I'd used hot glue, as that's what was recommended, but it's pretty clear to me that it just won't hold up.
I found a corkwood hollow log at the pet store, so I tweaked the hose a bit with some household plumbing parts. The log is sitting on some aquarium gravel.
I don't want anyone climbing down into the log and getting stuck, so I filled it with rocks, then covered the outlet with a large shell. The water trickles down the side of the log and into a bed of stones in the corner. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that chunk of mopani. I'm weaving some cargo net style hangings out of twine to hang in the tank, and I've got some nice twisty branches I also want to hang. I really need to increase the climbing space in the tank. I've concentrated on the ground so far, and the little dudes really like to climb.
From left to right, there's a shoot from my rubber tree plant, a coleus, and something that was labeled "Green Plant" at the grocery store. I believe it might be a philodendron? I'm not sure. In any case, I put it in the party cup temporarily so the roots could spread out a bit.
I picked up a 20 gallon tall tank, and put down about a two-inch layer of glass beads and clay planting balls to form an underground water source. There's a small pump in the far right corner that I planned on turning into a waterfall. In the foreground is a potted ivy I picked up.
Here's the bottom after I laid down a layer of screen, then a bag of soil mixed with vermiculite. It should hold water better than plain soil. It's also really obvious where the pump is buried.
Now I've got the plants in place, and tossed a chunk of mopani wood in front of the fountain. I wanted the plumbing and cord concealed better, however.
I spent about four hours gluing together rocks to form a really nice little waterfall that'd sit in the corner of the tank. Unfortunately, it fell apart right after I turned the water on. I'd used hot glue, as that's what was recommended, but it's pretty clear to me that it just won't hold up.
I found a corkwood hollow log at the pet store, so I tweaked the hose a bit with some household plumbing parts. The log is sitting on some aquarium gravel.
I don't want anyone climbing down into the log and getting stuck, so I filled it with rocks, then covered the outlet with a large shell. The water trickles down the side of the log and into a bed of stones in the corner. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with that chunk of mopani. I'm weaving some cargo net style hangings out of twine to hang in the tank, and I've got some nice twisty branches I also want to hang. I really need to increase the climbing space in the tank. I've concentrated on the ground so far, and the little dudes really like to climb.